incurvateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

The verb is first attested in 1578, the adjective in 1647; borrowed from Latin incurvātus, perfect passive participle of incurvō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

発音

• IPA: (adjective) /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/
• IPA: (verb) /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/

形容詞

incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)

1. bending inwards.

   He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.

2. Curved; bent; crooked.

動詞

incurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated)

1. (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
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     Mr. Flamsteed's measures were taken with a micrometer that pinches or clasps the opposite edges of a planet which would incurvate the rays one way

2. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

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参照

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “incurvate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.